Comments on: Spinosad: a New Option for Control of Lily Leaf Beetleshttp://blog.gardeners.com/2008/05/spinosad-a-new-option-for-control-of-lily-leaf-beetles/
from the employee owners at Gardener's Supply Co.Wed, 22 Jul 2015 14:45:35 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: Gardener's Supplyhttp://blog.gardeners.com/2008/05/spinosad-a-new-option-for-control-of-lily-leaf-beetles/#comment-231
Sun, 23 May 2010 01:26:29 +0000http://gscblog.dreamhosters.com/?p=399#comment-231We offer Spinosad on our website (gardeners.com). It’s product number 38-992. Follow label instructions be mindful of the bees. Focus the spray carefully on the stem and base of the leaves, keeping well clear of the flowers.
]]>By: KOhttp://blog.gardeners.com/2008/05/spinosad-a-new-option-for-control-of-lily-leaf-beetles/#comment-230
Sat, 22 May 2010 16:51:34 +0000http://gscblog.dreamhosters.com/?p=399#comment-230Thank you for your wonderful Blog! I have those disgusting red, screw and live in your own poop, beatles! I LOVE the comment of keeping a bee journal and watching the bee “shifts.” I’ll do that first then spray the Spinsad. That is, if I can find it. Do I go to a garden place to get this?
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://blog.gardeners.com/2008/05/spinosad-a-new-option-for-control-of-lily-leaf-beetles/#comment-229
Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:17:49 +0000http://gscblog.dreamhosters.com/?p=399#comment-229Minimize your effect on our already-stressed bee population by keeping a bee journal.

Spend a fortnight observing the activity of your area’s colonies, logging daily the time of first appearance, peak activity, and end of interest in your lillies. Note whether they come back to your lillies after moving on to other flowers, and whether any drift in their daily timing might require further observation of their routines in order to determine a safe dosing time for your spinosad-containing product.

Apply product at least three hours before the first shift of honeybees clocks in.

]]>By: Gardener's Supplyhttp://blog.gardeners.com/2008/05/spinosad-a-new-option-for-control-of-lily-leaf-beetles/#comment-228
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:04:00 +0000http://gscblog.dreamhosters.com/?p=399#comment-228As with most pest controls, spinosad should not be applied when bees are active.

According to the EPA’s definition, spinosad is toxic to bees, but only when it’s wetHowever, when it dries, the effect on bees is negligible. Here’s what I found: “The topical acute activity of spinosad against honeybees is less than 1 µg per bee which places spinosad in the highly toxic to bees category of the EPA. However, once residues have dried completely, toxicity of foraging bees is considered negligible (Mayer and Lunden, 1998).”

For more information, visit the University of Minnesota’s IPM World Textbook: